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TIL that NASA and the JPL released retro/futuristic artwork, available for free, that illustrate what space exploration might eventually mean to the human race.

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j6waM TIL that about half of Earth's oxygen comes from the ocean. It is mainly produced by marine plankton that include algae, bacteria and other organisms that can photosynthesize.
e00w4 TIL: In 1983, the rolling stones bassist Bill Wyman began dating a 13 year old girl. He was 47.
mv9E TIL ‘affirmative action’ in the US is known as 'positive discrimination’ in the UK.
Jw9v TIL there are three towns with exclamation points in their official names: Westward Ho! in the UK, Hamilton! in Ohio, and my personal favorite, Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! in Quebec.
dlx8 TIL that Gibralter overwhelmingly voted out to not be a Spanish sovereignty twice.